Local Government Health Improvement Programme
This section is for staff and/or local elected members working in councils or community planning partnerships who want to develop health and wellbeing and improve life circumstances in their communities.
Councils and their partners are in a unique position to significantly contribute to the reduction of health inequalities by improving the life circumstances of the communities they serve. NHS Health Scotland works closely with COSLA (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities), Improvement Service, Scottish Government, and all 32 councils and Community Planning Partnerships in order to support their efforts to improve the health of local communities and tackle health inequalities.
This section has been developed for those who have an interest in local government health improvement. You can access information and materials to help you deliver health and wellbeing in your day-to-day work and plan for future health and wellbeing activity.
The NHS Local Delivery Plan and Community Planning
The national priority areas of Health Inequalities; Early Years; Tackling Poverty and Socio-Economic Inequality and Economic Recovery present the opportunity and challenge for significant collaborative gain.
The 2011/12 NHS Board Local Delivery Plan (LDP) asks NHS Boards to highlight their role in delivery of local outcomes for communities through collaborative working with other Community Planning Partners (CPPs). This part of the LDP is particularly focused on the role of the Board in tackling the underlying causes of ill health and contributing to improving social heath inequalities; targeted aspects of partnership activity that go beyond the health improvement lifestyle interventions included in the Health Improvement, Efficiency, Access and Treatment (HEAT) targets.
On 30 June 2011, the Scottish Government in partnership with NHS Health Scotland, held a seminar on the NHS LDP and the effective delivery of local outcomes through collaborative working with CPP's. The seminar was aimed at NHS Board Community Planning Partnership Leads and/or LDP Leads, as well as local authority Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) leads and Community Planning Managers.
Five presentations were delivered along with the seminar programme and pre-reading materials.
Support for elected members
Find out more about the role of councils and elected members in ensuring positive health outcomes for communities.
Implementation of Equally Well
Find out more about Equally Well, its implementation and review.
Single Outcome Agreements and Capacity Building for Outcomes
Find out more about SOA's and how CPPs, communities, private and third sectors, work together to develop them.
Reviewed 29 December 2011